Brenda De Blaes

Brenda De Blaes (born April 1979 in Antwerp, Belgium) is an Australian softball player. She resides in Canberra where she plays club softball and represents the territory in national competitions. She is a member of the Australia women's national softball team and has competed at the 2009 World Cup and the 2010 World Cup of Softball. She is vying for a spot on the team that will compete at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships.

Personal De Blaes was born in April 1979 in Antwerp, Belgium. She resides in the Australian Capital Territory. She plays club softball for the league run by Softball ACT. She was with a local club in 2011.

State team De Blaes plays for the Australian Capital Territory team in the national competition. She was a member of the team in 2011. 2009 was the year she also first held a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport. She played in the 8–0 loss to the United States. The removal of softball from the Olympic programme in 2012 and 2016 has had a negative impact on her ability to compete internationally as Softball Australia received less funding from the government, which meant it was harder to fund travel for her and other national team members to attend top level international competitions. Playing in the Italian league, she was named in the All Star Team, Italian Softball League in 2005 and 2008. She has also played softball in the Netherlands.